• Former Green Party Senator (Nominated by the Taoiseach)
• Entered the Seanad on 29 June 2020 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 January 2025 — General election

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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tourism Industry (23 Oct 2024)

“I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. My Commencement matter concerns the need for the Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, to outline the steps her Department is taking to increase tourism at the Cliffs of Moher and in areas of west Clare to support a greater spread of the socioeconomic benefits of tourism. I raise this...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tourism Industry (23 Oct 2024)

“The bottom line is I feel Fáilte Ireland contradicts itself. One the one hand, it says it wants more sustainable tourism but on the other it is putting all its eggs in one basket - the Cliffs of Moher only - and it has just increased the number of cars driving through the Burren. It came up with this great plan that if all the cars on the Wild Atlantic Way, let us get some of them...”

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

“I have two points. I could not but come in when I saw the Minister was in the Chamber. I have really enjoyed her from day one since I became a Senator. We do not have enough strong, female rural voices in Dublin and in Leinster House. The Minister is as good as two of them. It has been really refreshing-----”

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• Has spoken in 30 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — above average among Senators.
• 11 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 257 times in debates — below average among Senators.
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